Zechariah 11
1 [You people of] [APO] Lebanon [should] open your gates, [because you will not be able to stop] fire from burning your cedar [trees]!
Ouvre tes portes, ô Liban! Que le feu exerce ses ravages parmi tes cèdres!
2 Your cypress/pine [trees] [APO] should [also] wail because the cedar [trees] have been cut down. Those glorious/great trees have been destroyed. The oak trees in the Bashan [region] should also wail, because the other trees in the forest have been cut down.
Lamente-toi, cyprès, car le cèdre est tombé, les fiers géants sont abattus! Lamentez-vous, chèvres de Basan, car elle est à terre, la forêt si riche en fruits!
3 And listen to the shepherds crying because the fertile pastures have been ruined. Listen to the lions roar; they roar because the delightful forest [where they live] near the Jordan [River] has been ruined.
On entend les sanglots des pasteurs, car leur splendeur est détruite; on entend les rugissements des lions, car les massifs du Jourdain sont ravagés.
4 This is what Yahweh my God said [to me]: “[I want you to] become a shepherd for a flock [of sheep that are about] to be slaughtered.
Ainsi parle l’Eternel, mon Dieu: "Mène paître ces brebis destinées à la boucherie,
5 The people who are going to buy the sheep will kill the sheep, and they will not be punished. Those who are selling the sheep say, ‘[I] praise Yahweh, [because] I will become rich!’ Even the shepherds do not feel sorry for the sheep.
puisque leurs acquéreurs les égorgent, sans se croire en faute, et ceux qui les vendent s’écrient: "Dieu soit loué! J’Ai fait fortune!" Et leurs pasteurs ne les épargnent point.
6 And similarly, I no longer feel sorry for the people of this country. I am going to allow many of them [HYP] to be captured by other people or by their king. Those who capture them will ruin this country, and I will not rescue any [of the people].”
C’Est que désormais je n’aurai plus de ménagement pour les habitants de ce pays, dit l’Eternel; je vais, au contraire, livrer ces hommes aux entreprises de l’un sur l’autre et au pouvoir de leur roi. Ils couvriront le pays de ruines, et je ne le sauverai pas de leurs mains."
7 So I became the shepherd of a flock [of sheep that were about] to be slaughtered [for their meat to be sold] to the dealers. [I took good care of the sheep, even the ones that were the weakest sheep. Then] I took two [shepherds’] /walking sticks). I named the one [staff] ‘Kindness’ and the other [staff] ‘Union’. And I took good care of the sheep.
Je menai donc paître ces brebis destinées à la boucherie, à savoir les plus faibles du troupeau; et je me munis de deux bâtons, dont j’appelai l’un "Bienveillance" et l’autre "Liens". Tandis que je faisais paître les brebis,
8 But the three shepherds [who had been working with me] detested me, and I became impatient with them. Within one month I (dismissed/got rid of) those shepherds.
et anéantissais les trois pasteurs en un seul mois, ma patience se lassa à leur égard, et elles aussi en eurent assez de moi.
9 So I said [to the dealers], “I will no [longer] be the shepherd. I will allow the ones that are dying to die. I will allow the ones that are getting lost to get lost. And I will not prevent those that remain from destroying each other.”
Et je dis: "Je ne veux plus vous paître. Périsse celle qui doit périr, succombe celle qui doit succomber, et que celles qui restent se dévorent l’une l’autre!"
10 Then I took the staff that I had named ‘Kindness’ and I broke it. [That showed that Yahweh] was annulling/canceling the agreement that he had made with all the people-groups.
Puis, je pris mon bâton "Bienveillance" et le brisai, afin de rompre mon alliance que j’avais conclue avec toutes les nations.
11 So that agreement was ended immediately. And the men who bought and sold sheep who were watching me knew [by seeing what I was doing] that I was giving them a message from Yahweh.
Elle fut ainsi rompue ce jour-là, et elles reconnurent bien, les plus humbles du troupeau qui me voyaient faire, que c’était la parole de l’Eternel.
12 I told them, “If you think it is what you should do, pay me [for taking care of the sheep]. If you do not think that is what you should do, do not pay me.” So they paid me [only] 30 pieces of silver.
Je leur dis: "Si tel est votre bon plaisir, donnez-moi mon salaire, et sinon, laissez-le!" Alors ils me comptèrent mon salaire, trente pièces d’argent.
13 Then Yahweh said to me, “[That is a ridiculously small amount of money that they have paid you]! [So] throw it to the man who makes clay pots!” So I took the silver to the temple of Yahweh, and I threw it in the chest where the offerings/money is kept.
Et l’Eternel me dit: "Jette-le au Trésor, ce prix magnifique auquel j’ai été estimé par eux, et je pris les trente pièces d’argent et les jetai au Trésor, dans la maison de l’Eternel.
14 Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
Puis je mis en pièces mon second bâton "Liens", afin d’abolir la fraternité entre Juda et Israël.
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
L’Eternel me dit: "Munis toi encore du baggage d’un pasteur idiot.
16 because I am going to appoint a new king for the people, [one who will not take care of my people. He will be like a foolish shepherd]: [MET] He will not take care of those who are dying, those who are very young, those who have been injured, or those who do not have enough food. Instead, he will [treat them very cruelly, like a shepherd who would] [MET] kill and eat the best sheep and tear off their hoofs.
Car voici, je vais établir un pasteur en ce pays, qui ne saura pas soigner les brebis en perdition, rechercher celle qui s’égare étourdiment, guérir celle qui a une fracture, nourrir celle qui est intacte, mais qui consommera la chair des plus grasses et leur brisera les ongles.
17 But terrible things will happen to that foolish/useless king who abandons the people [MET] over whom he rules. [His enemies] will strike his arm and his right eye with their swords. [The result will be that] he will have no strength in his arm, and his right eye will become completely blind.”
Oh! malheur au pasteur de néant qui délaisse son troupeau! Que la sécheresse atteigne son bras et son œil droit! Que son bras soit complètement paralysé et son œil droit tout à fait éteint!"
